The following is the list of honorary titles given to various Indian leaders during Indian independence struggle.
Honorary title | Meaning | Statesman | Photos |
---|---|---|---|
Azad | "Free" (
Urdu)
Figuratively = "The Freed Soul" |
Chandra Shekhar Tiwari [1] [2] | |
• Babasaheb
|
"The Respected Father" (
Marathi). "
Baba" = "father" and "
Saheb" = "sir" "Captain of the Voiceless" (
Marathi) (
Hindi). |
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar [4] [5] | |
• Bacha Khan
• Badshah Khan • Fakhr-e-Afghan • Sarhadi Gandhi |
"Bacha
Khan" = "King of Chiefs"
" Badshah Khan" = Master King of Kings "Pride of Afghans" ( Urdu) "Fakhr" = "Pride" and "Afghan" = " Afghan" "Frontier Gandhi" ( Hindi) "Sarhad" = "Frontier" ( North-West Frontier Province) and "Gandhi" = " Gandhi" |
Abdul Ghaffar Khan [6] | |
Bihar Kesari | "Lion of Bihar" (
Hindi/
Sanskrit)
"Bihar" = " Bihar" and "Kesari" = "Lion" |
Shri Krishna Sinha [7] [8] | |
Bihar Vibhuti | "Sacred Ash of Bihar" (
Hindi). "Bihar" = "Bihar" and " Vibhuti" = "Sacred Ash" |
Anugrah Narayan Sinha [9] | |
Deenabandhu | "Friend of the Poor" (
Bengali). "Deen" = "Poor" and "Bandhu" = "Friend". |
Charles Freer Andrews [10] [11] | |
Deshabandhu | "Friend of Country" (
Bengali). "Desh" = "Country" and "Bandhu" = "Friend". |
Chittaranjan Das [12] | |
• Deshanayak
• Netaji |
"Captain of the Country"
(
Bengali). "Respected Leader" (
Hindi). |
Subhash Chandra Bose | |
Deshapriya | "Beloved of the country" (
Bengali). "Desh" = "Country" and "Priya" = "Beloved". |
Jatindra Mohan Sengupta [14] | |
Desh Ratna | "Jewel of the Country" (
Hindi). "Desh" = "country" and "Ratna" = "jewel" |
Rajendra Prasad [15] [16] | |
• Gurudev
• Kobiguru • Biswakobi • The Bard of Bengal |
"Divine Teacher" (
Bengali) (
Hindi). " Guru" = "Teacher" and " Deva" = "divine". |
Rabindranath Tagore [17] [18] | |
Lokmanya | "Revered by the People" (
Marathi). "Lok" = "People" and "Manya" = "Revered". |
Bal Gangadhar Tilak [19] | |
Loknayak | "Captain of the People" (
Hindi). "Lok" = "People" and "Nayak" = "Captain". |
Jayaprakash Narayan [20] [21] | |
Mahamana | "Great Heart" (
Hindi). "Mahan" = "great" and "Mana" = "thought/heart". |
Madan Mohan Malaviya [22] | |
Mahatma | "Great Soul" (
Sanskrit). "Maha" = "Great" and "Atma" = "Soul". |
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi [23] | |
Mahatma | "Great Soul" (
Sanskrit). "Maha" = "Great" and "Atma" = "soul". |
Jyotirao Govindrao Phule [24] [25] | |
Maulana | "Guardian" ( Arabic). | Abul Kalam Azad [26] | |
•
Pandit
|
"Scholar" (Hindi/Sanskrit)
"Uncle" (Hindi) |
Jawaharlal Nehru [27] [28] | |
Punjab Kesari | "Lion of Punjab" (
Hindi)
"Punjab" = " Punjab" and "Kesari" = "Lion" |
Lala Lajpat Rai | |
Sardar | "Commander" (
Persian). "Sar" = "Head" and "dar" = "Holder". |
Vallabhbhai Patel [29] [30] | |
Shaheed-e-Azam | "Greatest Martyr" (
Urdu). "Shaheed" = "Martyr" and "Azam" = "Greatest". |
Bhagat Singh [31] [32] |